CloverKnollFarms
Elite Member
Snake oil
Remember the campaign quote a number years back? ...."change is coming to America" Well here it isI think we are in the "new normal".
Ha, yes I have an air compressor. And I drive somewhat around the speed limit and not like Mark Martin at Daytona, lol. It just irked me to add on a cost for nitrogen in the tires. But I wanted the truck, so there you have it. I’ve worked hard my whole life and just retired and wanted a new truck. Hopefully I didn’t get a lemon and will drive it for several decades or until they plant me in the ground. The 2022 Tacoma Limited was $44,000. I wrote the check and went on my way.If you have a compressor, you do. Since the air we breathe has almost 80% nitrogen. That's why nitrogen filled tires are a dealer rip-off. It would only make a real difference if you regularly traveled 120+mph or raced.
There aren’t any used vehicles?
^This. There is a difference, but it is irrelevant unless you are a race car driver. Nitrogen is just an easy way to get totally dry air, with no moisture in it, as the moisture causes much bigger swings in pressure over the temp range of tires on the track than totally dry air would. Other than racing, it is just hype and a money sucking scam.Nitrogen due to the way its made has a lot less water in it than compressed air from a well maintained system. Water's vapor pressure increases as it heats up, so the pressure variation between cold and warm tires is increased. That's the big advantage I have seen touted. The other of course is the increase to the dealer's bottom line. I run air in my tires, including on the performance car.
I like it. Who is offering those options?Her ideal vehicle would be a cross between a Hummer and a Corvette with ring mounted machine gun on the top.
Minivans are the way to go with younger kids. They don't look as good as a Toyota Sequoia but are more functional.My youngest daughter is needing a new vehicle because the one she has now, a Toyota 4Runner, does not meet her family's new requirements. Their vehicle requirements have changed because they are expecting a third child and they have a tractor that needs to be trailered forty miles to her husband's mother's farm. The tractor and loader weigh around 4000 pounds. So after careful internet research they settled on a Toyota Sequoia for their needs. After visiting and calling several dealers the best they can do is to order one and wait twelve to eighteen months!
So they have a problem. I told them to keep what they have and borrow my towing package equipped F150 on the rare instances when they needed to move the tractor. They can leave the Tesla for me to drive. I'm no dummy, I love driving that thing.
I also suggested to get a minivan for the kids and borrow my truck when needed. That got me cold stares and silence for a minute before they started talking again. Other daughter has one, a Toyota Sienna, and says she will never have anything else. But for some reason they do not want one.
I find the situation amusing!
RSKY
Minivans are the way to go with younger kids. They don't look as good as a Toyota Sequoia but are more functional.
What does your son-in-law think? That's were the buck should stop.